Trending News: Watch This Lunatic Be The First To Drop Out Of A Plane Without A Parachute

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American daredevil Luke Aikins became the first person to drop out of an airplane hovering at 25,000 feet — without a parachute — and land safely in a net. You can exhale now.

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What's the craziest thing you've done lately? I can assure you it can't be as batsh*t crazy as what U.S. skydiver Luke Aikins just pulled off in Simi Valley, California.

The 42-year-old was crazy enough to drop out of a plane without a parachute and he thankfully landed perfectly into a net. Aikins becomes the first person to do such a feat at from such a height (25,000 feet).

"I'm almost levitating, it's incredible," said Aikins after landing injury-free, according to The Associated Press.

"This thing just happened! I can't even get the words out of my mouth," he added, after embracing his very relieved wife who was holding their snoozing 4-year-old, Logan.

Over two million people have watched the incredible jump since Saturday. Watch and feel the tensity yourself:

If anyone could do such a daredevil act, it would be Aikins. The guy has over 18,000 skydives under his belt and was the backup diver when Felix Baumgartner jumped from outer space in 2012.

But the jump almost never happened. While up in the air, Aikins was notified that the Screen Actors Guild had a problem that he had no plans to wear a parachute — not even for backup — when the jump was viewable live. Aikins said even if he wore one, he wouldn't use it and that the extra weight could make the jump more dangerous.

"I'm going all the way to the net, no question about it," he said from the plane. "I'll just have to deal with the consequences when I land of wearing the parachute on my back and what it's going to do to my body."

SAG eventually gave in and Aikins made the jump of his life.

Wow, what a lunatic.

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Why do humans get a thrill out of doing such insane things?

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Totally would have thought a jump from that height into a net would turn someone into Swiss cheese.

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Aikins jumped out of a plane for the first time back when he was just 12-years-old. He's been clocking hundreds of jumps a year pretty much ever since.